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Rutwikk Kendre opts for South films

Actor Rutwikk Kendre
Actor Rutwikk Kendre

Rutwikk Kendre who began his acting career on small screen with ‘Manasicha Chitrakar’ later made his presence felt in Marathi stage and films. Only last month his film ‘Dry Day’ was released. Rutwik is presently shooting for his next film ‘Sargam’ But, besides this Marathi film, Rutwik who is the son of Marathi plays’ director Waman Kendre, is also opting for South films. According to reliable sources close to him, Rutwik is all set to make his debut in south films.

Rutwik is working very hard for his entry in south films. He is also being trained in martial arts, besides looking well after his fitness. Till now, no details are available about this film’s title etc. But, one thing is sure that his admirers are keen to know more about this film. Having received training at home since his childhood , Rutwik looks very confident while moving in all the three fields of acting, i.e. cinema, television and stage.

 

Ranveer Singh & Rohit Shetty celebrate Siddharth Jadhav’s birthday

Ranveer Singh, Siddharth Jadhav and Rohit Shetty on set of 'Simmba' movie
Ranveer Singh, Siddharth Jadhav and Rohit Shetty on set of ‘Simmba’ movie

At present Siddharth Jadhav is the only Marathi actor, who is in news in Hindi films. After being part of Rohit Shetty’s TV shows Comedy Circus and ‘Nach baliye-8′ Siddharth also performed in his films ‘Golmal’ and ‘Golmal Returns’. But now, Siddharth is also part of Rohit Shetty’s much talked about film ‘Simmba’ which has many Marathi characters. Even otherwise, Siddharth because of his friendly nature with the crew members, is very popular on the sets of the film. Even Rohit and Ranveer behave like his close friends on the sets of the film.

Recently, Rohit Shetty and Ranveer Singh surprised Siddharth Jadhav, with a grand celebration of his birthday in a very special way, to make it a memorable experience for our Marathi actor. Overwhelmed by this fine gesture, Siddharth reacted, “ I have been working in this entertainment industry since I was 13 years old. But till now, no one celebrated my birthday in this fashion. I am really grateful to Rohit Shetty and Ranveer Singh for making this birthday a memorable experience for me.”

 

‘Patil’ inspires Marathi youngsters to join Indian Administrative Services

Patil Marathi Film Poster Image
  • Genres: Drama
  • Censor: UA
  • Duration: 130 min.
  • Studio / Presenter: StarCraft Manoranjan PVT LTD, Sachiket Productions, Shoubham Cinevision PVT LTD, A V K Entertainment
  • Producers: Tejal Ketan Shah, Neeta Lad, Jai Mijagar, Satish Govindwar, Gopichand Padalkar, Madhukar Lolge, Rupesh Taak
  • DOP: sudhakar reddy yakkanti
  • Director: Santosh Rammeena Mijgar
  • Cast:  Santosh Mijgar, Varsha Dandle, Bhagyashree Mote, Narendra Deshmukh, Pratima Deshpande, Suresh Pillay, Kapil Kamble, Dr. Jagdish Pati
  • Movie Review by: Ulhas Shirke.

 

Every father who cannot pursue his dream in life, wishes that his son gets better education so that he can achieve what he himself could not. Latest released Marathi film Patil is based on this simple theme. Set on the backdrop of Nanded district in Maharashtra, the film presents Santosh Mijgar in multiple roles of writer, director and lead actor. Having been brought up in a well to do family, Shivajirao Patil’s ( Santosh Mijgar) father was a wealthy man and the family lived a happy life helping the villagers.

'Patil' Marathi movie still
‘Patil’ Marathi movie still

However, at the request of the well wishers, Shivajirao’s father enters politics and loses election and also his wealth. To look after the family, in spite of being a graduate, Shivaji takes up clerical job in Government office. While his childhood friend Bhima Waghmare who has been offered shelter and education by Shivaji’s father, later becomes deputy collector in the same office, where Shivaji works as head clerk.

To offer best education to his son, Shivaji admits his son Krishna( Narendra Deshmukh) in a private engineering college, with the help of Waghmare’s contact, but to arrange donation of Rs. 5 lakhs, he mortgages his old ancestral house in the village to a money lender. In the college Waghmare’s daughter Pushpa ( Bhagyashree Mote) meets Krishna and falls in love with him. Soon, Krishna reciprocates. But, their love story does not last long and the couple gets separated, with Krishna being sent to his village to avoid threats from Pushpa’s notorious brother Samrat and his goons. But, Krishna escapes to Mumbai, only to take up a Security watchman’s job, with the help of his old village friend. In Mumbai, he joins preparatory classes for Indian Civil Services exam, with the courtesy extended by the head of the tuition class, who is impressed by Krishna’s confidence of securing first place. Krishna is inspired by the lecture of Zee CEO Subhash Chandra, who while answering the question of a participant says, “If a tea vendor can become a Prime Minister, why can’t a security guard become an IAS officer?” So, after topping the prestigious Civil Services exam Krishna returns to his own district as Collector.

With this inspiring story, writer director and actor Santosh Mijgar obviously reserves maximum scenes for himself, most of which are filled with emotions. To add one more actress into the extended screenplay, he has found one more character of Payal played by Pratima Deshpande, who also falls in love with Krishna, during his stay in Mumbai. Most of the scenes in this film involving the youngsters and their college life, are typical and fail to impress. Even the conflicts arising out of the caste issues don’t look natural. Quality humour is missing in this film, though it has been attempted through few scenes. Nevertheless, the intention of the writer-director has been sincere to inspire today’s youngsters to work hard join Indian Administrative services. Few emotional scenes to show the family bonding have been captured well.

There are many new faces in this film but they have sincerely given their best through their performances. National award winning director Shivaji Loten Patil plays a small role of Shivajirao’s kind hearted father in this film. Another surprise is that Zee Group head Subhash Chandra makes his debut in Marathi through his inspiring lecture to develop self confidence among youngsters. Music is just fine but background music is impressive. New locations in the films have been captured very well . All in all, Patilhas turned out to be just little above average film and may inspire especially those living in small towns.

 

Zee Studios launch the trailer of Nagraj Manjule’s film ‘Naal’

Devika Daftardar, Nagraj Manjule, Shrinivas Pokle Naal Trailer Launch
Devika Daftardar, Nagraj Manjule, Shrinivas Pokle ‘Naal’ Film Trailer Launch

After presenting out of the box successful films like ‘Sairat‘ and ‘Fandry‘, Zee Studios and Nagraj Manjule have come together once again to present their latest film ‘Naal‘, which is directed by Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti. The film is now all set to release on 16th November 2018. On Wednesday evening the trailer launch event of this film was held , when Nagraj Manjule along with his team and the CEO and Business head of Zee Studios namely Sharik Patel & Mangesh Kulkarni were present.

The story of ‘Naal‘ revolves around 8 year old Chaitanya and his kind hearted mother. Chaitanya’s father is a landlord in a remote village and therefore he meets all the demands of his beloved son. The film shows an unexpected turn in Chaitanya’s otherwise smooth moving journey of life. The film has been produced by a big team of producers including the director along with Mr. Nagraj Manjule. The story and screenplay and cinematography is by director Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti himself. Music by A.V.Prafulchandra and background music by Advait Nemlekar and the other credits. Srinivas Pokle plays the role of Chaitanya in this film, while the other lead artistes of this film are, Nagraj Manjule, Devika Daftardar, Seva Chavan, Deepti Devi & Om Bhutkar.

Lokesh Gupte’s family is totally involved in ‘Ek Sangaychay – Unsaid Harmony’

Lokesh Gupte Family Image
Chaitrali Gupte, Shubhavi Gupte and Lokesh Gupte Marathi Film ‘Ek Sangaychay-Unsaid Harmony’

We are all aware of Lokesh Gupte‘s acting and writing talent . But, through the forthcoming much talked about Marathi film, ‘Ek Sangaychay…Unsaid Harmony‘, besides writing and editing, Lokesh is also making his debut as a director. His wife Chaitrali a renowned actress has shouldered the responsibility of costume designing and above all, his daughter Shubhavi is making her debut in acting through this film. So, the entire family is totally involved in the making of this film, which stars Bollywood actor Kay Kay Menon in the lead role opposite Rajeshwari Sachdev.

The film also stars Milind Pathak, Ajit Bhure, Vineet Sharma, Shalv Kinjavadekar, Harshita Sohal, Vibhav Rajadhyaksha, Abhijit Aamkar, & Sachin Salvi in prominent roles. Speaking about her acting debut, Shubhavi said that she was aware that there was a character of her age in this film. “But, I never asked my father about it. One day, my father called me with that character name and I just smiled. Later, he asked me to give audition. Thereafter began my training. I had to read the script along with other artistes of this film and this helped me a lot during shooting, when the entire cast was very cooperative. At present, I am not sure, whether I would be taking up acting as my career. Therefore, will not be able to comment about my future plans. ”

“वंजर” सिनेमाचे मोशन पोस्टर रिलीज

Vanjar Marathi Film Image
‘Vanjar’ Marathi Film

झाडे लावा, झाडे जगवा असा उदोउदो आपण करत असलो तरी त्यासाठी आपण स्वतः त्यासाठी एक पाऊल उचलणे महत्वाचे ठरते. अशाच आशयाचा ‘वंजर‘ सिनेमा विद्या गवई दिग्दर्शित लवकरच तुमच्या भेटीला येणार आहे. आसरा फिल्म प्रॉडक्शन निर्मित या सिनेमाचे मोशन पोस्टर विजयादशमीच्या निमित्ताने प्रदर्शित झाले. लवकरच या सिनेमाच्या चित्रीकरणाला सुरुवात होणार आहे. चित्रपट सुरू होण्याआधीच सिनेमाचे मोशन पोस्टर रिलीज होणारा हा पहिला मराठी सिनेमा आहे.

या सिनेमाच्या मोशन पोस्टरमध्ये निसर्ग ही आपली देणगी आहे आणि ती नष्ट करण्याचा आपल्याला काहीच अधिकार नाही, असा संदेश देण्यात आला आहे. लवकरच सिनेमातील कलाकारांची घोषणा करण्यात येणार आहे. कथा,पटकथा विद्या गवई यांची असून, सवांद आणि प्रमुख सहाय्यक मनोज सोनवणे असून सिनेमाच्या निर्मिती प्रमुखाची सूत्र रंगराव घागरे सांभाळत आहेत.

Shubhangi Tambale finds all the attention after ‘Boyz-2’

Shubhangi Tambale Actress
Shubhangi Tambale, Actress

We are all aware that ‘Boyz-2‘ which is the sequel of the last year’s film ‘Boyz‘ is a male dominated film. But unlike ‘Boyz’ which brought into popularity the three young boys in the film, the ‘Boyz-2‘ found all the attention towards female actress Shubhangi Tambale. She plays the role of Swati, whom the villain of the film calls Swati darling in almost all the scenes to their share.

According to the makers of this latest version of ‘Boyz‘, Shubhangi has turned out to be the ‘Queen of Hearts’ for the entire team of this film. Her popularity is rising day after day and for her entry in every scene, she receives huge response from young audience present in cinema hall. Reacting to her sudden popularity, Shubhangi says, ” While making this film, I had only thought that I am part of this big film and that I was playing a character, which will be remembered by the audience. But, I never expected such an overwhelming response from well wishers, who have been trying to reach me, only to convey their good wishes to me.”

‘Me Shivaji Park’ promises a Big Dhamaka during Dushera

Me Shivaji Park Film Image
‘Me Shivaji Park’ Film

We are all aware that Shivaji Park is a renowned landmark of South Central Mumbai. Over the years, this place has witnessed many big memorable events and happenings. For Senior Citizens and especially the morning walkers this place is very much close to their hearts. It is at this place they spend their best time of the day, sharing their thoughts in their group. So, it will be interesting to watch one such happening which we presume a fiction, on Big screen coming Friday.

Incidentally, ‘Dushera‘ is also coinciding with the release of this film and hence the film promises a Big Dhamaka on this auspicious occasion. With the trailer of this film called ‘Me Shivaji Park‘ now unveiled, it gives some idea of an interesting theme of this film, which revolves around five friends played by Vikram Gokhale, Satish Alekar, Ashok Saraf, Shivaji Satam & Dilip Prabhavalkar who are all versatile actors and there are also other talented artistes like Sharad Ponkshe, Uday Tikekar forming the star cast of this film, which is directed by award winning film maker Mahesh Waman Manjrekar.

Time is just right for this film’s release . So it remains to be seen how the film lovers would respond at multiplexes and Single screen cinema halls all over Maharashtra.